We have fallen in love with staying home for Christmas. It is so nice to be able to wake up Christmas morning in our own home and be able to move through the day at a pace that works for our family.
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| Lily on Christmas Eve in Judy's Christmas jammies |
On Christmas Eve, Dale got off work at noon and we were able to spend the rest of the day as a family. Kimball insisted that Santa needed no-bake cookies so we made those. We read the birth story of Jesus. The boys sprinkled reindeer food...Kimball sprinkled his all over the roof. That night, Kimball had the hardest time falling asleep. Once the kids were all asleep, we were able to get out the rest of the presents. We got Cameron a bike and thankfully followed the advice of one of Dale's associates to assemble it before Christmas Eve. It took way too long to put together and we were glad to have it done days before!
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| Lily opening her stocking |
The boys woke up around 6:30, but since we had put up a baby gate in the hall, all they could do was try to peek into the living room until we got up. We let them open stockings and then ate breakfast (Dale's oatmeal). Then we Skyped Dale's parents who are on a mission in Boston. This was a little torturous for the boys who couldn't help eying the presents under the tree so we said goodbye to Grandma & Grandpa and started opening gifts.
Santa brought the boys the components to make marshmallow guns. Poor Duke doesn't seem to know whether to be excited or terrified because he gets to eat the marshmallows at the cost of being shot at.
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| Reading the notes from Santa |
I have the hardest time surprising Dale with gifts...he usually doesn't even have to touch the wrapped gift to guess what it is. This year, I completely surprised him with a train set. He had to set it up as soon as possible, and it now resides on our tv table where he can play with it frequently (we'll see how long Lily lets this setup remain!).
I got a remote for my camera which has proven to be very useful and fun. We got to test it out that day for family pictures :).
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